GIS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
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| Posted By: | The Dharani Trust |
| Address: | No. 1 (Ground Floor) Shanthi Road Shanthinagar Bangalore http://tiigs.org info@tiigs.org TIIGS = The Indian Institute of Geographical Studies (Administered by The Dharani Trust) |
| State: | Karnataka |
| Country: | INDIA |
| Contact Person: | Dr. Chandra Shekhar Balachandran |
| Contact Number: | (+91) 98867 79900 |
| Email: | balachandran@dharanitrust.org |
| Website: | http://tiigs.org (other opportunities by this NGO) |
| Title | GIS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT |
| Opportunity Keyword(s) | GIS, education, NGO support |
| Project Description | GOALS: (1) Develop a GIS for our work in geography education, NGO support (2) Develop quick-turn-around capabilities to produce GIS analyses and maps on current issues/topics for dissemination in various large and small, digital and analog, formats with English and non-English Indian language content. RESOURCES AVAILABLE: (1) QGIS desktop. (2) One high-end workstation. (3) Inkjet color printer. SKILLS NEEDED: GIS expertise to (1) Create a bank of boundary files for India (village to country level). (2) Set these up to work with MapMaker such that quick and easy analyses and map production is possibe. Ability to: (1) Mobilize necessary resources to build the data bank. (2) Develop teaching-level, easy to use, GIS lessons for school students, teachers. (3) Develop infrastructure to set up free online map server for India-related data with free access to anyone on the net. Knowledge of Kannada and/or Hindi would be helpful but not a must. |
| City | Bangalore |
| State | Karnataka |
| Country | INDIA |
Submission Date (yyyy-mm-dd) |
2009-01-06 |
Opportunity Start Date (yyyy-mm-dd) |
2009-01-06 |
| Focus areas of this project: | |
| Primary focus area of this project | Environment |
| Secondary focus area of this project | Education & Literacy |
| Tertiary focus area of this project | Organizational Development |
| Amount of Time needed | 2-4 Months |
| Local Language | English |
| Notes / Special Requirements | This work will most likely need more than one volunteer. However, it may well be that they can work serially rather than at once. There is a lot of flexibility on this point. |
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This Opportunity is On-Going. (Needs multiple
volunteers and can accept individuals even after the
opportunity start date) |
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